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NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals

Inpatient neuropsychiatric care for complex co-morbidities

Behavioral Health Associate

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMishawaka, IN, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or GED is required.
  • Prior experience in a behavioral health setting is preferred.
  • At least two years of experience in a direct care role is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Identify high-risk patients, use crisis intervention practices, and support safety-plan intervention techniques to maintain a safe environment.
  • Perform environmental and patient safety rounds, implement a higher level of observation in emergencies, and promptly report observations, interactions, and patient activity to assigned nursing staff.
  • Understand patient characteristics and triggers through trauma-informed care, considering patient and environmental variables to help prevent patients from losing control.
  • Participate in shift hand-off meetings, unit rounds, community meetings, team meetings, and committee meetings as required.
  • Participate in debriefing after codes, incidents, and use of restraints.
  • Assist in assessing the need for restraints and in applying and removing restraints.
  • Lead or co-lead discussion groups on topics such as anger and safety.
  • Review incident reports as needed to identify potentially preventable factors and present them to the treatment team.
  • Escort patients during transfers, testing, or admissions on or off facility premises as required.
  • Participate in quality assurance and performance improvement activities and departmental or facility-wide training as required.
  • Provide ongoing training to unit staff in implementing de-escalation training and physical interventions.
  • Assist nursing staff in performing selected nursing procedures and functional tasks for specific patients.
  • Provide direct physical care and/or one-to-one observation to selected patients under supervision.
  • Assist with lifting, positioning, moving, and ambulating patients using instructed body mechanics.
  • Transport patients by wheelchair, stretcher, or bed.
  • Escort ambulatory patients and escort patients outside the hospital as necessary.
  • Obtain and record blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiration rate in accordance with hospital policy.
  • Provide direct assistance to patients with activities of daily living as needed.

Desired Qualifications

  • An associate's degree or some college coursework in psychology, social work, or a social services field is preferred.

About the Company

NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals

Inpatient neuropsychiatric care for complex co-morbidities

NPH operates inpatient facilities that treat patients with complex co-occurring psychiatric, neurological, and medical conditions through an integrated medical-psychiatric care model. A multi-specialty team creates individualized treatment plans and uses safe, modern campuses with features like sensory rooms to help regulate behavior; stays last about 13–14 days to stabilize patients before returning them to referring facilities. The company targets underserved populations with dual diagnoses and combines medical care with behavioral health under one roof, differentiating itself from standard psychiatric or skilled-nursing options. Its goal is to provide coordinated, specialized inpatient care that stabilizes patients and smoothly transitions them back to their referring facilities to continue recovery.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
South Bend, IN
Founded
2005

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